Lot Essay
Other folios from this Qur'an sold at Christie's South Kensington, 11 October 2013, lot 710.
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NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
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A KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO
NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Qur'an VII (sura al-a'raf), v.204 (part) to Qur'an VIII (sura al-anfal), v.7 (part), Arabic manuscript on vellum, each side with 15ll. of black kufic script, sura heading in gold kufic script outlined in black, a gold khams marker in the form of a gold ha, added diacritics in black, reading marks in red, fine illuminated marginal sajda medallion in gold, red and green, inscribed in kufic script within an eight-pointed star, some restoration to one side, mounted, framed and glazed
Text area 5 x 7 3/8in. (12.7 x 18.7cm.); folio 6 ½ x 10in. (16.5 x 25.4cm.)
NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Qur'an VII (sura al-a'raf), v.204 (part) to Qur'an VIII (sura al-anfal), v.7 (part), Arabic manuscript on vellum, each side with 15ll. of black kufic script, sura heading in gold kufic script outlined in black, a gold khams marker in the form of a gold ha, added diacritics in black, reading marks in red, fine illuminated marginal sajda medallion in gold, red and green, inscribed in kufic script within an eight-pointed star, some restoration to one side, mounted, framed and glazed
Text area 5 x 7 3/8in. (12.7 x 18.7cm.); folio 6 ½ x 10in. (16.5 x 25.4cm.)